Cindy & Ginny, The correct Robert L. Bedwell is the one b. 19 Jan 1884 TN, d. 29 March 1974 in Garden Grove, Orange Co, CA. I have been unable to locate him in the 1900 census. Mary Ruth Bedwell & Marjorie Bedwell are the children of Ora Mildred Harris. The other three belong to Annie Lee Parker. Robert Lee Bedwell is the son of Marion Jacob Bedwell b. 6 August 1848 in LCT; d. 29 April 1887; m. Sarah (Sally) P. Duncan on 12 November 1872 in LCT. Marion Jacob Bedwell is the son of John Burton Bedwell and Pheraby Ann Ray. Sally Maud Bedwell daughter of Marion Jacob and Sarah P. Duncan b. on 30 May 1880 in Houston County, Tennessee, not Houston, Texas; d. 1934 in Katie Garvin County, Oklahoma; m. Willis G. Cottrell in Limestone County, Alabama on 4 July 1895. Willis was the son of Elias Lawrence "Lucky" Cottrell and Matilda Moody. Willis Cottrell, Elias Lawrence Cottrell, and Sally Maud Bedwell Cottrell are all buried in the Katie Cemetery in Katie, Garvin County, Oklahoma. Unfortunately, much of the information on Ancestry.com is in error. Major M. Bedwell was born about 1802 in North Carolina not LCT. There is no evidence that he was ever married to Mary K. Long. The correct wife is Mary (Polly) K. White, identified in her mother Lucinda White's will as the wife of Major Bedwell. Mary White Bedwell d. 12 January 1880 in Moore County, Tennessee at the home of her daughter Elizabeth Bedwell Crane. According to one obituary, she was 86 when she died, but another one states that she was 80. She had seven known children. Per her obituary, she outlived all but four of them. The Bedwells in LCT appear to all descend from Major M. Bedwell and Mary K. White through their son John Burton Bedwell and Pheraby Ann Ray. The following are Major & Polly's children: 1. Rebecca Bedwell married Jesse Warren on 3 April 1843 in LCT. Rebecca died before 1880. 2. John Burton Bedwell, b. 26 June 1826 in LCT; d. 29 April 1889 in Cumberland City, Stewart County, Tennessee; m. 1st Pheraby Ann Ray (Rhea) on 19 March 1845 in LCT; m. 2nd Sarah Ann Wells on 15 September 1859 in LCT. 3. Eliza Bedwell b. abt. 1829 in LCT; died before 1880. Eliza is probably a nickname, and she is likely the Louisa Jane Bedwell who married William M. Thompson on 18 September 1851 in LCT 4. Asbury Bedwell b. abt. 1830 in LCT; d. before 1870; m. Louisa J. Davis on 4 July 1854 in LCT. His wife & daughter were living with John Burton Bedwell and Sarah Wells Bedwell in Montgomery County, Tennessee in 1870. 5. Willis L. Bedwell b. 25 December 1832 in LCT; d. 9 July 1891 in Montgomery County, Tennessee; m. Sisley Ann Davis on 14 February 1853 in LCT. 6. Elizabeth Bedwell b. 27 February 1840; d. 12 January 1880 in Moore County, Tennessee; m. Timothy W. (T.W.) Crane on 18 October 1863 in LCT. She died one day after her mother. (Tim Crane later married Martha Ellen Warren on 15 May 1881 in Moore County, Tennessee). 7. Levan Andrew Jackson (LAJ) Bedwell b. 20 July 1841 in LCT; d. 4 February 1920 in Friendship, Crockett County, Tennessee; m. 1st Mary Emaline Stewart on 24 May 1861 in LCT; m. 2nd Mary Francis Spearman on 25 January 1872 in LCT. LAJ Bedwell was a Methodist Circuit Rider. He did not raise his fifteen children in LCT. Sometime between 1841 and 1850, Major, Polly, their unmarried children and mother Rebecca moved to Henderson County, Tennessee. They returned to LCT before 1860. No doubt the move to Henderson County was precipitated by a dust up over baptism involving immersion. Major was defrocked as a Methodist minister in 1841. Among his accusers were William Springer, Francis Wells, Thomas Wells and J.W. Spearman, families of two of his future daughters-in-law. Regarding Caleb Bedwell, since he was 20 years older than Rebecca McNatt, it is probable that he was married twice. Rebecca was born in Delaware, not LCT. I have never found a name for the possible first wife, however. Caleb and Rebecca had two known sons. In addition to Major, there was a son John Bedwell b. abt. 1805 in North Carolina not LCT. He also moved to Henderson County, Tennessee between 1840 and 1850. John remained in Henderson County and died sometime before 1870. Mother Rebecca stayed in Henderson County with John. Land records indicate that Caleb Bedwell was in LCT by 1809. His exact death date is unknown, but land transactions indicate that he most likely died between 24 June 1824 and 4 January 1827. Sonja